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Global Warming heats up the Ice Box

Ben Pinder, detail, Return to Symzonia The Ice Box at the Crane Art Center has warmed up since its days as a giant food freezer. Now it’s the venue for something warmer yet–a show about the planet’s impending meltdown. I suppose to Sarah Palin that’s still a gray area, but appropriately enough, the show also spills into the Gray Area next to the Ice Box! Enough with the word games! That the show, Global Warming, even happened is surely a sign that maybe we can work our way out of the disaster. Ben Pinder, detail, Return to Symzonia, real estate ... More » »

Weekly Update – Fall in Philadelphia, go see

This week’s Weekly has my fall roundup story. Below is the copy and there are more pictures at flickr. Libby’s post on Global Suburbia. Robert CrumbComplete Crumb Comics #1018 7/8” h x 16 15/16” w x 1 1/8” d, framedCover, 1991Ink on paperCourtesy of Denis Kitchen Art Agency Social satires, politics and science give an electric charge to the fall art season. From Peter Saul’s paintings at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) to R. Crumb’s comics at the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA), we’ll be laughing as we cry with these artists about history, war, injustice, incompetence ... More » »